Originally Posted by
dera
If this is the plane I think it is, the MEI is also the owner.
Old Apache is not necessarily a death trap. Traverse Air operates them and I've never heard anyone call them death traps.
They are if the one and only vacuum pump and the only hydraulic pump are on the left ( critical ) engine.
Anything that old and atrocious shouldn't be used for training anymore.
Training costs money and you pay either at the beginning or somewhere down the line.